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  • Apple witness says company would need to modify software, hardware to support third-party ...

    "In order to find out one's UDID, one has to connect an iPhone or iPad to a MacBook with a USB cable and open the iTunes app; copy the UDID; paste it into a message to the developer; and the developer then has to actually integrate it into the app package. That's obviously not an option for large-scale distribution," Mueller wrote in a blog post.

    Yup. And Mueller is being completely disingenuous by pretending that that limitation doesn’t help prevent the distribution of untracked stealth software. Think malware, scam ware, software used to coordinate extremist activities, human trafficking, bullying, money laundering, and hostile state actors (including your own). You know … what the internet already provides. If it’s so cumbersome, where is Mueller’s proposed alternative? 

    And yes, it prevents developers from directly distributing software, or opening up ‘alternate’ stores. And here again is the disingenuousness —not recognizing that established entities will reproduce their existing store dynamics. That means more malware, more copy-cat apps, more crap-ware, more marketing of questionable content to kids, and a race-to-the-bottom mentality that’s meant to undercut any (especially smaller) competitors until a stranglehold can be established. Game stores in particular are yet another cash grab by these companies — you’ve seen them do it over and over again, so it boggles the mind how these corporate parasites are now re-born as freedom fighters for the common person.

    Oh, and one more thing, since Sweeney mentioned MDM distribution without naming it by name … ask him if it’s company policy to allow rank and file members to side-load apps or if it’s closed in order to protect against a corporate data breach. That will tell you all you need to know about how much of a liar he really is. 
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